INVENTORS & INVENTIONS
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A 6th Grade Research Project


Electronic Databases/Resources - these are the most reliableUser Name and Password required
Our electronic resources are the most reliable for information. On the left navigation area, click on Electronic Resources, then choose which resource. You will need user names and passwords, so if you don't have a library brochure with this information, see the library staff to get one


Print Reference Books - these are to be used while in the library only
  1. World Book Encyclopedia
  2. Compton's Encyclopedia
  3. Grolier Library of North American Biographies / Entrepreneurs and Inventors

Print Books from the general collection
There are quite a few books about inventions and biographies of some inventors. These items have all been pulled and placed in the classroom to be used while at school; please do not take them home without teacher permission.

Internet Websites
  1. A & E Biography
  2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Engineering: Inventor of the Week Archive
  3. Enchanted Learning: Inventors & Inventions
  4. EdTech: Inventors/Inventions
  5. Fact Monster
  6. Famous Inventions A to Z
  7. Famous Scientists
  8. The Great Idea Finder
  9. Hall of Fame: Inventors & Inventions
  10. The Levi Strauss & Company: Heritage
  11. University of Minnesota: Charles Babbage Institute
  12. Computer History Museum
  13. Encyclopedia of World Biography
  14. European Automotive Hall of Fame: Karl Benz
  15. Encyclopaedia Britannica
  16. Infoplease: A Guide to Inventions and Discoveries